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Spring Turkey Hunting- Anyone?
PEARL DRUMS:
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--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on February 15, 2012, 10:10:39 am ---I dont use blinds, but I do use a decoy here and there. Its easier to get a poke at a turkey with a bow and no blind that one might think. Of course the ground your hunting can make or break that deal. I hunt thick farmland fence rows and woods with lots of hiding spots.
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I am a pretty aggressive, move around turkey hunter. I am thinking about stickbow this year for turkeys and with this moving, I would rather not use a blind. Any other thoughts and suggestions for archery turkeys w/o a blind??
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ALWAYS have your next hiding spot picked out ahead of time. I get on birds, find a good spot to hide and draw my bow. Then I immediatley start looking for my next hiding spot if a I need to make a hurried exit. Just stay ahead of the game is what Im saying. I drew on a bird at 6 feet last year. The arrow never REALLY left my string so I didnt technically miss. I was sitting behind a triple trunk tree. The bird came to call and drew when his head went behind my hiding tree, he popped out and I released. WHACK one blade of my broadhead caught the bark on the tree that was hidning me and stopped my arrow half way to brace..............otherwise dead bird at 6 feet.
beetlebailey1977:
Oh yes I will be chasing them......I always am. Love to hunt turkeys.
This is one I got last year.
And these are two from last year........one of them was with the one I killed.....I didnt shoot him because I didnt want to be greedy.
Also my brother got his first bird one hour before I killed mine. We were hunting together.
youngbowyer:
I'm considering hunting them with a selfbow. Still debating that or going out with my neighbor and his shotgun. What poundage do you recommend for turkeys?
beetlebailey1977:
Yep I have not shot one with a bow yet......I would suggest shooting what you hunt deer with, and the closer the shot the better. I plan to hunt just with a bow this year.
PEARL DRUMS:
No less than 45# at 10-12 yards is my opinion. I have shot a few with 55# bows at 10 yards and barely poked out the other side. They did a get a free ride in my truck though! Turkeys arent mega tough like we are lead to believe. They are just light in physical weight. When your arrow makes contact and tries to transfer stored energy to a 20# bird it pushes the animal rather than push the broadhead through. When that same arrow hits a 150# deer it pushes through and lays on the other side....hopefully.
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